Tag: uk
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UK to adopt Euro police hacking scheme
Remote search and cyber patrol plans approved. The UK Home Office has signed up to a European initiative, proposed in November, to grant police forces greater powers to hack into computers and monitor internet traffic in search of incriminating evidence. The UK police already admits to engaging in cyber-espionage on occasion, in some cases with…
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Yet more data leaks in UK public services
Confidential health service info exposed after theft. Despite a wealth of recent incidents of data loss from various areas of the UK’s public services, including data sent insecurely through the post, another rash of information leaks have shown that public servants still have not caught on to the fact that the personal and confidential data…